Car and engine replacer.



L. L. COATS.

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9799 1 3 1 Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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APPLIOATION HLBD Nov. 30. 1909.

979, 1 3 1 i Patented. Dec. 20, 1910.

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LOUIS L. COATS, OF BINGI-IAM, UTAH.

CAR AND ENGINE REPLACER arenai.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Bee. 20, 1910.

Application filed November 30, 1909. Serial No. 530,638.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, LoUIs L. CoA'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at ingham, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Car and Engine Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved frog block for application to a railway rail for use in replacing the wheels of a derailed engine or car on the track, the object of the invention being to provide an improved device of this character' which may be used on either side of either of the rails so as to avoid the necessity of providing rights and lefts and which operates in such a manner as to cause the wheels of a -ar or engine while mounting the track to be gradually slued on to the rails. the invention consisting in the construction, and arrangement of devices here.- inafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1 is a plan view of a replacer Constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line flv-a of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal central sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line b Z) of Fig. 1..

My improved replacer frog or block, in the einbodiment here shown comprises a pair of subst-antially triangular wings 1 which are connected together at the higher end by a bridge piece 2. The said wings are spaced apart a suflicient distance to receive a railway rail o between them so that the replacer is adapted to be placed on the cross ties and ast-ride of the rail and the bridge piece 2 when the replacer is thus disposed extends across and bears upon the head of the rail. The wings are identical in construction and I will, therefore, only describe one of them. Each wing presents a straight inner or rail side 3 to bear against one side of the rail and is recessed in its under side, at the rail side as at 4 to receive the base flange of the rail. The inner portion of the wing forins a longitudinally disposed depressed inclined run surface 5 next the rail side which run surface narrows and tapers toward its upper end where it joins the' bridge piece 2. At the inner side of the runway is an upstanding longitudinally disposed flange 6 which lies in the same Vertical plane with the side of the head of the rail and also tapers toward its upper end and terminates short of the bridge piece 2 so that a space 7 is formed at the upper end of the runway to clear the flanges of the wheels and permit the wheels to be slued on. to the track rails. At the outer side of the inclined runway 5 each wing is formed with a longitudinally and laterally inclined sluing surface S which rises outwardly from the depressed runway and also narrows toward its upper end where it joins the bridge piece. The said sluing surface is here shown as laterally conveX. At the lower end of the sluing surface the wing is eXtended somewhat beyond the runway 5 `as at 9 and is formed with abruptly inclined planes 10 and 11 which serve to raise the wheels from the roadbed on to the sluing surfaces if the wheels are in line with either of these planes. At the outer side of each sluing` surface is an upstanding longitudinally disposednclined guard fiange 12 which extends from end to end of the sluing surface and also extends to the extreme rear side of the bridge piece 2 so that the said guard fianges are coextensive in length with the sluing surfaces and the bridge piece. The upper end portions of the said guard flanges curve outwardly as at. 13 to the rear corners of the bridge piece and said guard flanges are broadened as at 14 where they bear on the bridge piece at points about midway between the front and rear sides of the latter so that the said guard flanges are greatly strengthened at such broadened portions thereof and also serve to materially strengthen the bridge piece. The upper surface of the bridge piece is hollowed or concaved transversely thereof as at 15.

In practice, the replacer is preferably constructed as a single casting and it Will be understood that since it is composed of two reversely disposed wings, otherwise identical in construction and connected together at the upper or rear end by a. bridge piece, the replacer may be used on either track rail no matter on which side thereof the wheels of the derailed car or engine may be and the necessity for using right and left replacers is entirely oloviated. To lighten the replacer, to economize in material and cost of production and to also facilitate the handling of the same, the wings of the replacer are preferably formed with recesses 16 in their under sides, as shown. The extended lower front portions 9 of the Wings are ioo t'orlned on their under Sides With longitudinally diaposed Spurs 1.7 to bite into the ties and prcu'ent the replacer :from slipping When the Wheels of the car or engine are run thereon. Near its outer rearward cornere7 the replacer is; also tori'ned on its under Side With transteraely diaposed apurs 18 which per- :torin the same :tunctlon as spurs U.

ln the Operation ot the replacer, the

thing-es ot' the Wheels run up the inclined run Snrtaces 5 and are Slued hy the Sluing sur- 'taces f acrossl the rails;i aS Will be understood. 'hould the, Wheels be at Such a distance Vtroni the track as to be in li ie With the sluing eurfacee, the inclines 10 or il Will raiee the wheels to such Sluing` Svrfaeefs and the latter together With the guard tianges `will slne the Wheels into the deprenaed run Surt'aces so aa to cause the nf'heelsl to ride upon the ail. The -Ytlfect of the upvardly narrow depresaed inclined run surfaces is to gradually raiise the Wheels` so that the .latteriare Slued upon the t ach gradually and Without excessive jarring'v llaving thus described the inifentioinwhat is clainied,

1. car replacer having' a depressed longjitudinally inclined run surface on each side ot' the rail and narrowing` toward its unper end, a longgitwlinall),7 and laterally inclined sluing` surface on the outer Side of the said run Surface and also narrowing` toward its upper end, a bridge piece at the upper ends ot said run surface and Sluing surface and adapted to bear on the head of a rail, and a guard t'angje at, the outer side ot said sluing- Surface and extending longtudinally on one Side of Said bridge piece.

EL car replacer comprising a pair oi.: Wings to bear on opposite Sides of a track rail and each having a depressed longitudr nall)7 .inelined run surface on the 'ail side n: rrowing toward its upper end, and a lon- (e'itudinallpr and later-all)7 inclined Sluine` surface on the outer side of the said run surface and also narrowing toward its upper end, and a bridge piece coiniecting` said Wings at the upper ends ot said run and Sluing Surfaees and extending` across and b aring upon the head of the rail.

3. ft :ar replacer :oniprisingg` a pair of Wine-a to bear on opposite Sides of a t aek rail and each having` a depressed longitndinilljv inelined run surface on the rail. Side iirrowing toward its upper end, and a lon- V tudinally and late ally inclined sluing' Surtaee on the outer side ot' the said run surface and also narrmving` toward its upper end, and a bridge piece connecting` said Wino'a at the upper ends oi? said run and Sluing` surfaces and adapted to extend across and hear upon the head of the rail, and guard tianges at the outer Sides ot Said slning surtaces and extending rearwardl'y along the Sides of the said bridge piece.

ln teatiinony Whereof l atlix iny Signature in presence of two Witnesses.

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